Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes

It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 31, 1844 - January 28, 1911

Topics

FamilyMyselfValueWorldImpossible

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

Jimmy Carter

FreedomBestWayWorthySystemHere

When we separate music from life we get art.

John Cage

LifeMusicArtGetSeparate

I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong.

Jermaine Jackson

PeaceReligionThinkImmigrationNew

With ritual, I punctuate my days till they no longer belong to who I am today but to who I'll be when I look back in days and years to come.

Andre Aciman

TodayI AmLookBackYearsDays

It's interesting to explore the darker side, but the hero piece is interesting as well. It's like choosing between comedy or drama. I like to do both.

Jeff Bridges

HeroInterestingComedyDramaSide

I'm not an idealist. I know we're not going to be living in a world that's peace and love all the time. But we can live in a world where we kill each other a lot less.

Michael Franti

LoveLiveTimePeaceWorldLiving

Listen, I, I did vote - I did cast a vote for health care, and I also said that I thought the process was horrible. The status quo before we passed health care was also horrible.

Michael Bennet

HealthThoughtCareProcessVote

I liken Sleater-Kinney to a freight train. It felt like this incredible, forward-moving, powerful energy.

Janet Weiss

EnergyPowerfulTrainIncredible

Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy 'migration utility' through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if you even want to.

Douglas Rushkoff

FriendsDoubtEasyYouWantWill

'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right.

Dee Dee Myers

WomenMorningMyselfThoughtWrong

You have to be a xenophile at heart to be a true New Yorker.

Chris Diamantopoulos

HeartYouNewTrueYorker

Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it.

Christopher McQuarrie

WritingToo MuchSaidWayTalkSee

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